It takes more than a group of individuals wearing the same jersey to make a team.
The mentality of togetherness, the connection between a group of people, the desire to push each other for the greater success of the collective is what makes a team. A team becomes your second family.
“You build relationships in hockey because we are around each other nonstop,” said Florida Captain D Willie Mitchell on locker room clean out day. “There’s no work environment like that, where you’re traveling together, staying at the same hotel, working together, training together. There’s nothing like it.